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Press Release: Companies that Provide Funeral Goods and Services Agree To Pay Civil Penalties To Settle Federal Rule Violations
In the first case to be brought against a nontraditional funeral provider -- a company that sells some combination of funeral goods (typically caskets and burial vaults) and funeral services directly to consumers but does not operate a funeral home -- Marketing Masters, Inc., and its subsidiaries (...
Public Event: Public Forum on Vehicle Buyback Disclosures
October 3, 1996
On November 8, 1995, a number of consumer groups filed a petition asking the Commission to look into whether vehicles bought back under state lemon laws are being resold without disclosing to subsequent purchasers that the vehicles had been bought back. The state laws vary as to whether disclosure...
Restland Funeral Homes, Inc. of Dallas and four of its subsidiary funeral homes will pay a $121,600 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide customers with itemized general price lists and other information required by the FTC's Funeral Rule. According to...
Press Release: FTC and Massachuesetts AG Announce Ten Funeral Home in Massachusetts are in Violation of Federal Rule
The largest funeral home "sweep" in the country has just been completed in Massachusetts. Using test shoppers, the Federal Trade Commission and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office visited forty funeral homes in six Massachusetts cities. Ten of those homes appeared to be in violation of the...
Press Release: Maryland Funeral Home Agrees To Pay Civil Penalty To Settle FTC Charges of Not Complying with Funeral Rule
W.W. Chambers Co., Inc., a Maryland-based funeral home operator, and its principals have paid a $10,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to provide consumers with written itemized price lists and other information, in violation of the FTC's Funeral Rule...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-3
Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to mobile food and soft drink trucks identified by a common name. Discusses significant control and required payment elements.
Lewis & Ribbs Mortuary, Inc., a San Francisco-based funeral home operator, and its owner Lorenzo J. Lewis, have agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to give consumers general price lists and statements itemizing their purchases in the...
June 4, 1996
The workshop was part of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection's Consumer Privacy Initiative, an ongoing effort to bring consumers and businesses together to address consumer privacy issues posed by the emerging online marketplace.
Press Release: Delaware Funeral Home Agrees To Pay $20,000 Civil Penalty
Beeson Funeral Home, Inc. and owner James E. Beeson, Jr., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to provide consumers with price lists for caskets and other funeral goods and services they offer, in violation of the FTC's Funeral Rule. In addition, the FTC...
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 121, Page 644
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-2
Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to a commercial real estate affiliation program. Discusses in detail the likely availability of the fractional franchise exemption to the affiliation arrangement.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-1
Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to a log cabin distributorship. Discusses the criteria for coverage of product franchises, including the required payment element, and the fractional franchise exemption.
March 26, 1996
The FTC held a public workshop on whether it should alter its legal standard for evaluating "Made in USA" claims, with representatives from consumer groups, industry, government agencies, labor unions, and other groups participating in an exchange of views. After the workshop, the FTC published a...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-1
Discusses whether additional information in the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services may be provided.
When consumers need to purchase funeral goods and services, they are likely to be emotional and focused on something other than employing their best consumer skills, even though the purchase could total more than $10,000. The Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule is designed to help by requiring...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-5
Discusses when fees for basic services of funeral director and staff may be charged.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-10
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to vending machine manufacturers and independent marketing companies. An exhaustive discussion of the coverage issues arising in the sale of business opportunity ventures.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-9
Compliance obligation of franchisors to include, in required disclosures about contractual provisions regarding termination of the franchise, information about actual policies and practices of the franchisor. Discusses obligation to disclose such policies as permitting franchisees to terminate the...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-8
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a hotel management arrangement. Discusses the "significant assistance" coverage element.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-7
Compliance obligation of franchisor and area sub-franchisor to prepare annual update of joint disclosure statement within 90 days of the close of different fiscal years.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-4
Discusses whether a sales agent representing several funeral providers may use a single generic General Price List.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-3
Discusses whether a funeral home is obligated to sell caskets without providing any funeral services.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-6
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a sub-agency licensing arrangement for cellular phone services. Discusses the "required payment" coverage element and the "minimum investment" exclusion from the Rule's disclosure obligation.
Case: Mattel, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 119, Page 969
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-5
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a turn-key dry cleaning franchise. Discusses "significant assistance" coverage element.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-4
Adequacy of predecessor company's unaudited financial statements to comply with required disclosure of the financial statements of a newly formed franchisor, and to provide substantiation for earnings claims by the new franchisor.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-3
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a not-for-profit education program. Discusses the lack of a "continuing commercial relationship."
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-2
States staff view that discount packages may not discount the basic services fee, that fees for washing and disinfection may not be charged unless required by applicable law, and discusses how fees for off-site and on-site viewing should be described.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-1
Discusses whether a group of funeral homes may use a consolidated General Price List and whether the Funeral Rule applies to pricing issues.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-2
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to a home-care services sub-contracting arrangement. Discusses "significant control or assistance" and "required payment" coverage elements, and "fractional franchise" exemption.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 95-1
Applicability of the Franchise Rule to computer software distributorship enabling health care providers to order medical and office supplies. Discusses applicability of the Rule to "distributorships" and the "significant control or assistance" coverage element.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 119, Page 13
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 94-2
Concludes that the basic services fee may not be discounted; that consumers may add additional items to direct cremation, immediate burial, and forwarding and receiving remains without necessarily paying the full basic services fee; that the Rule requires disclosure of separate prices on the...
Case: Chemopharm Laboratory
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 1195
Case: BPI Environmental, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 930
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 94-1
Discusses the applicability of the Funeral Rule to a company that launches remains into space.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 632
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 194
Case: Keyes Fibre Company
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 150
Case: LePage's, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 31
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 56
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 44
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 118, Page 1
Public Statement: Enforcement Policy Statement on Food Advertising
Type of Public Statement:
Policy Statement
I. Introduction II. Legal Framework for Commission Action III. Nutrient Content Claims A. Claims Describing the Absolute and Comparative Nutrient Content of Foods Absolute Nutrient Content Claims Comparative Nutrient Content Claims Synonyms for Nutrient Content Claims Implied Nutrient Content...
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 403
Case: Mr. Coffee, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 156
Case: Redmond Products, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 117, Page 71
Case: DeMert & Dougherty, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 116 , Page 841
Case: RMED International, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission Decisions, Volume 115, Page 572
